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Yes.  So they don’t say the Lord’s Prayer.

But [b]it’s public school in the US.  So we say the Pledge of Allegiance.[/b]  [/quote]

What is the logic here?

Public school in the US = have to say PoA? Required by federal law? State law? Local regulations? Or just the schools?
If it were just the schools - what does it have to do with "in the US"? Does being in the US give the school more right to do so?

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Being in the US matters here because we say the pledge for the US.  Not for Canada.  Not the pledge for Uganda.  Not the pledge for Iceland.

I don’t quite understand what the issue is.  What exactly is objectionable about saying the pledge?  All the PPs just say it makes them uncomfortable, but don’t really specify why.  [/quote]

There have been plenty of explanations.

Also, "we" don't say the pledge. Some people do. Some people don't. Everybody has their own reasons, either for saying it, or for not saying it.[/quote]

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